Using a laser cutter to make 3D forms, fast
Pushing the boundaries of what is possible with laser cutting, researchers at the Hasso Plattner Institute have discovered how to make 3D objects using a standard 2D laser cutter.
The technique, dubbed LaserOrigami, takes advantage of carefully controlled changes in calibration that are usually the focus of maintaining a clean cut. Instead, a deliberately de-focused laser is used to heat the plastic enough for the material to bend. Gravity does the rest, as the sheet is alternately cut, heated, bent and turned to produce impressively complex forms.
One of the notable advantages of this technique is the speed at which the 3D form can be achieved. Click through for a comparison between 3D printing, traditional laser cutting and LaserOrigami as well as a video of the laser in action. (more…)
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The Laser Cutter Roundup — a weekly dose of laser-cut love: #115
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Above is a laser cut fox and babies brooch via Sally Crossthwaite.
After the jump, a crane, an African Village, and Redd at work… (more…)
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The Laser Cutter Roundup — a weekly dose of laser-cut love: #114
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Above is a laser cut and etched map of Calgary from Solarbotic with artwork from David Byroe and cut at Protospace.
After the jump, a lamp, feathers, and pagoda… (more…)
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Ponoko-made products by Mariko Carandang
Most small creative companies start with a product — not a business plan. But Mariko Carandang of iluxo was all business right from the beginning.
“One day I decided that I wanted to start a company and start selling things on Etsy,” she says. “I wasn’t already making something that I wanted to sell. I asked myself ‘Now what should I make?”
As a web developer and designer in San Francisco, she had the software skills to jump into digital fabrication. Mariko did lots of product research ranging from materials to manufacturing methods to fashion trends. She finally decided to enter the competitive market of laser-cut jewelry, and the next big question was how to set her designs apart from the crowd.
“Laser-cutting is inherently flat, so I thought a good way to differentiate my first product was to make something 3D. That’s where the idea of creating a locket came from,” she says of her first design.
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Posted in Functional Art + Objects, Jewellery, Laser Cutting, Maker Stories by Kristen Turner | Comments are off for this post
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The Laser Cutter Roundup — a weekly dose of laser-cut love: #112
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Above is a laser etched skate deck from Scott Moore at Bellevue Fine Art Reproduction.
After the jump, bears, boxes, blood, packaging, and a table… (more…)
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Ponoko-made project by Donna Touch
When burlesque dancer Donna Touch first tried using those big, flirtatious feathered fans, she knew she couldn’t work with them.
“I wanted to move them around with a lot of speed, something different from what most dancers were doing. But the fans were so heavy, slow and cumbersome, and really difficult to hold,” she explains. So Donna decided to maker her own.
“I did a Google search for ‘custom laser cut’ and found (more…)
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The Laser Cutter Roundup — a weekly dose of laser-cut love: #111
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Above, Lucy Williams makes these images using a number of materials as well as laser cutting and etching. This image is Summerhouse from her Glass Houses series from 2010. You can see more at McKee Gallery.
After the jump, a Space Invaders chess set, a chair, and Ron Swonson… (more…)
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Ponoko-made products by Monique Malcom
“I’ve taken up photography as a hobby, and I love Instagram but I haven’t printed a photo in years,” says Monique Malcom. It’s something lots of us in this digital photo age can relate to. But Monique thinks there are some photos that are “just too amazing to be locked in the digital dungeon.”
Being a fulltime creator and “Chief Everything Officer” of her own tshirt line Antisparkle, she saw a product design opportunity.
So she created Instasparkle — a line of lasercut photo frame jewelry — to encourage people to show off their beautiful pics. Her colorful necklaces, broaches, and rings can each hold a 1″x1″ photo print.
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Posted in Jewellery, Laser Cutting, Maker Stories by Kristen Turner | Comments are off for this post
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The Laser Cutter Roundup — a weekly dose of laser-cut love: #109
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Above is is a laser cut topographic map of the Great Lakes from Below The Boat.
After the jump, chairs, flowers, packaging, and faces… (more…)
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Intricate sculptures inspired by Gothic and Islamic architecture
Hundreds of layers of coloured paper give the sculptural works by Eric Standley a stunning visual complexity. True to the architectural forms that they draw inspiration from, the structure and composition of the curves has been carefully calculated to enable maximum depth and integrity for the unsupported floating areas.
The latest piece took 60 hours of laser cutting time and around three months to draw the pattern. This patience and dedication certainly pays off as the final works exhibit a meditative visual allure that you might otherwise expect from the most intricate of Tibetan mandalas. To see this effect in laser cut paper is quite remarkable.
More works from Eric’s collection follow after the break. (more…)
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Make your own stuff using: Laser Cutting
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